Crusades, Crusades--Early works to 1800, History, D183 .G85 1573
This is the first modern French edition of the famous work "Belli sacri historia" of Guillaume of Tyr. It represents an important source not only... Show moreThis is the first modern French edition of the famous work "Belli sacri historia" of Guillaume of Tyr. It represents an important source not only for the Crusades but also for the Latin Orient, including the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Lebanon and Cyprus. It was translated into French few years later after the princeps edition, printed by Oporinus in 1549. faite latine par Guillaume archeuesque de Tyr ... ; & traduite en françois, par Gabriel Du Preau ... Signatures: ã⁶ ẽ⁶ ĩ⁶ õ⁴ A-Z⁶ Aa-Zz⁶ AAa-KKk⁶ LLl⁸ MMm-QQq⁶ Initial letters in woodcut. Numerous marginal printed notes. Main Heritage Shelves General D183 .G85 1573 Book Item-ID: i19659842 BIB-ID: 1779885 Includes Table alphabetique des noms propres Show less
First Latin edition of Pietro Bizzarri's "Historia della guerra fatta in Ungheria dall' intuitissimo imperatore dei Christiani contro quello deui... Show moreFirst Latin edition of Pietro Bizzarri's "Historia della guerra fatta in Ungheria dall' intuitissimo imperatore dei Christiani contro quello deui Turchi" (Lyons, Roville, 1568/69). Contains interesting accounts of the Turkish wars in Hungary during 1564-68, of the siege of Malta, and about the French conquests in Florida and Canada. Also contains passages on Transylvania: "Caeterum paucae urbes, oppida vero complura, non obscuri nominis, in quibus Cibinium, Brassovia, Colosium, Bistricia, & plura alia a Germanis, quos nos Saxones appellamus, condita, & habita, nec rara passim, aedificia cernuntur. Eius solum variis in locis auriferos surculos, & glebulas aureas passim gignit [...] Hanc duae cingunt Walachiae, Transalpina, & Moldavia, illa Danubio, haec mari Euxino admota" (p. 8). "Other passages show that Bizzarri also considered the problem of the meaning of history [...] The second part is a checkered conglomerate of various notes, not without historical value. Bizzarri was especially interested in more or less credible reports of celestial phenomena" (cf. Göllner). - The Italian historian Pietro Bizzarri (1530-83) from Sassoferrato lived in France and England for a time, served the Elector August of Saxony for ten years, and spent most of his life in Antwerp (cf. Jöcher). - Occasional brownstaining (especially to title). Modern binding using old stamp material (fleuronnée stamps forming a border and a central ornament). Contains what is clearly an independent text of Ribaut's Florida narrative: begins p. 240. Main Heritage Shelves General DB924 .B59 1573 Book Item-ID: i16598751 BIB-ID: 1494595 Show less